Thanks to AJ_77

[AJ_77]

Sounds good - I'll give you a call soon, OK? Is the conch shell worth money? I don't want to assume anything, even if it is for happy clowns.

You got halimeda last night, right? And how is your caulerpa, you had mentioned it's sorry state. If you need some, I'll be trimming real soon.

Cheers,

AJ

[Canadian Man]

Oh Oh Um Mr. Alan I need some calurpa for my New Fancy Refigium. so when you make it this far please keep me in find for the clippings.

[AJ_77]

Jon:

Further to last night, you might want to put aside 2 dozen or more of those pieces of rubble.

Just a thought - if they're that useful, and Tony's xenia won't cool it a bit, growthwise. ;)

Cheers!

[Canadian Man]

no prob.
Tony took a handful of them last night.
I will put them all in my refugium and if any one needs pieces just let me know.
Man i added that sand last night and now my tank's look like milk!!! very disheartning and my yellow tang didnt look too healthy this morning.
oh well wait and see.

[ 08 May 2002, 12:42: Message edited by: Canadian Man ]

[AJ_77]

Jon, I don't know if you should run that sand through/with your main system. It's going to cycle; I thought you'd have it separate - in the sump - before letting it "join" the main tank water.

Guess I didn't give it much thought last night. I put mine all together, but the two cycled together and settled out together.

You might consider "quarantining" the sump tank for awhile.

Alan

[AJ_77]

Sure Jon, it's growing well. There seems to be 2 strains in the mix; from the pictures I've seen one is Grape and the other is Razor. Bob thinks they're both grape, perhaps they are.

With this in your sump and the halimeda in the tank, will there be any excess nutrients??? My snails are looking pretty darn hungry (one seems to have kicked over yesterday), and the rocks and sand are getting pretty sterile-looking.

But yeah, we'll hook up for some free weed. I need to get down for a tank tour. :D [img]smile.gif[/img] :D

Alan

[Delphinus]

Hey Alan, you are feeding your sand bed, right?

(If not, shove some food into the top 1" of sand every once in a while. Your worms and nass's will thank you.. ;) )

[AJ_77]

Ummm... the food that falls ON it isn't enough, is that what you're saying? Doh. No, I haven't been feeding my sandbed. Some help, please:

1. How much food?
2. What type of foods?
3. How often?
4. Sump sandbed as well?

Thanks.
(Oh, and BTW, it's the Astreas that seem to be doing Too Good of a job, the glass and rocks are pretty durn clean. Can I do anything for them, or be thankful for less algae??)

[ 09 May 2002, 08:27: Message edited by: AJ_77 ]

[Delphinus]

If there's food falling on it, it's probably enough, so no worries. But what I'd do, like maybe once a week or so, is take a square of frozen food, and just jam it into the sandbed, and let the 'pods and nass and brittlestars go at it. (It's a neat sight too, so it's kind of fun to watch. [img]smile.gif[/img] )

1. How much food?
I'd say about a half inch square, not too much.

2. What type of foods?
Just about anything will do!

3. How often?
I'd start with once or twice a week. If you notice any NO3 accumulating, cut back. But otherwise ...

4. Sump sandbed as well?
I would...

(PS. I don't know what to say about the astreas. I have heard of people feeding astreas and turbos little pieces of nori because they thought the snails weren't getting enough to eat ... I've never done this. My tank is pretty heavily loaded, though, so there's always a thin thin film of algae for them to clean off the glass. I do put nori in my tank once in a while, but it's mostly for the tang's benefit (and I think he gets most of it, although it's not inconceivable that others might be sneaking a bite or two at night or when I'm not watching...) I guess if they start to die on you or look weak or something, it may be worth a try to see if they'll nibble at nori ... but otherwise I'd probably not sweat it..)

[ 09 May 2002, 08:59: Message edited by: delphinus ]

[Bob I]

Alan, my Caulerpa is recovering nicely. The reason I said it all grape is because I originally only received Grape from my source. That looked totally different from anything I have now (it is highly variable) It changes shape as it goes along. I had on piece left that looked like Grape, but it has done its dying off trick.

I got those Conches fairly inexpensively from Big Al's. They were only $15.00 each.

[ 09 May 2002, 14:43: Message edited by: Bob Ipema ]